Installing Media Center on Windows 2008

Hello,

Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar, dreamscene,
live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow performance of
Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid license. If anyone
figures a way to get media center working on this great OS please let me
know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8 as a desktop seem very
happy and even though I really really really didn't like Vista because of
the slow performance, I have to admit 2008 seems to do everything Vista SP1
does but at the speed of XP.

Thanks

S
Tue Apr 22 00:08:08 PDT 2008

No.
You can't install Media Center on Windows Server 2008.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

boe wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar,
> dreamscene, live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the
> slow performance of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a
> valid license. If anyone figures a way to get media center working on
> this great OS please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out
> Win2k8 as a desktop seem very happy and even though I really really
> really didn't like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to
> admit 2008 seems to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP.
>
> Thanks

boe
Tue Apr 22 08:33:21 PDT 2008

Someone has said the same thing about dreamscape and live mail yet there
they are running on Windows 2008. In fact I have an e-mail from MS
support telling me it wasn't possible to install Live Mail on my 2008 - I
sent them instructions on how to do it. I realize it wasn't designed for it
but someone has managed to figure a way around these. I'm sure you know
much more about 2008 than I ever will but I still hope someone figures a way
around it.

"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:ueKUieEpIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> No.
> You can't install Media Center on Windows Server 2008.
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
> boe wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar,
>> dreamscene, live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow
>> performance of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid
>> license. If anyone figures a way to get media center working on this
>> great OS please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8
>> as a desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really
>> didn't like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit 2008
>> seems to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP.
>>
>> Thanks

BillDavis
Tue Apr 22 09:56:02 PDT 2008

boe

You may be able to run them on Windows 2008 Server but they are unsupported
by Microsoft. Microsoft has gone to great pains to prevent what you are
trying to do. This is a XP MCE/Vista MC group which focuses on those two OSs.

Even though you have a legitimate license for Vista you should take the time
to read the EULA as what you are trying to do violates the EULA.

B.D.

"boe" wrote:

> Someone has said the same thing about dreamscape and live mail yet there
> they are running on Windows 2008. In fact I have an e-mail from MS
> support telling me it wasn't possible to install Live Mail on my 2008 - I
> sent them instructions on how to do it. I realize it wasn't designed for it
> but someone has managed to figure a way around these. I'm sure you know
> much more about 2008 than I ever will but I still hope someone figures a way
> around it.
>
> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ueKUieEpIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > No.
> > You can't install Media Center on Windows Server 2008.
> >
> > regards,
> > S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
> >
> > boe wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar,
> >> dreamscene, live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the slow
> >> performance of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid
> >> license. If anyone figures a way to get media center working on this
> >> great OS please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out Win2k8
> >> as a desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really
> >> didn't like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit 2008
> >> seems to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP.
> >>
> >> Thanks
>

boe
Tue Apr 22 10:17:36 PDT 2008

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that it violated the EULA. Just
an FYI though - I bought Vista Ultimate x64 and after installing and seeing
how slow it runs compared to XP, I feel like MS violated me :) I do
however find that Server 2008 even with the Aero interface, sidebar etc runs
very well - it is a pity even with SP1 Vista crawls while Server seems
identical in many ways runs very quickly.



"Bill Davis" <BillDavis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54BD399A-A8AF-4D8F-8B60-7D177131319A@microsoft.com...
> boe
>
> You may be able to run them on Windows 2008 Server but they are
> unsupported
> by Microsoft. Microsoft has gone to great pains to prevent what you are
> trying to do. This is a XP MCE/Vista MC group which focuses on those two
> OSs.
>
> Even though you have a legitimate license for Vista you should take the
> time
> to read the EULA as what you are trying to do violates the EULA.
>
> B.D.
>
> "boe" wrote:
>
>> Someone has said the same thing about dreamscape and live mail yet there
>> they are running on Windows 2008. In fact I have an e-mail from MS
>> support telling me it wasn't possible to install Live Mail on my 2008 - I
>> sent them instructions on how to do it. I realize it wasn't designed for
>> it
>> but someone has managed to figure a way around these. I'm sure you know
>> much more about 2008 than I ever will but I still hope someone figures a
>> way
>> around it.
>>
>> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ueKUieEpIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > No.
>> > You can't install Media Center on Windows Server 2008.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>> >
>> > boe wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> Just about everything MS doesn't enable in 2008 such as sidebar,
>> >> dreamscene, live mail etc all work on Windows 2008 - but without the
>> >> slow
>> >> performance of Vista. I have the install disc for Vista and a valid
>> >> license. If anyone figures a way to get media center working on this
>> >> great OS please let me know. A lot of people who have tried out
>> >> Win2k8
>> >> as a desktop seem very happy and even though I really really really
>> >> didn't like Vista because of the slow performance, I have to admit
>> >> 2008
>> >> seems to do everything Vista SP1 does but at the speed of XP.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>>